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Dracophyllum patens W.R.B.Oliv.

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Threat status: Naturally uncommon

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Dracophyllum patens W.R.B.Oliv., Trans. New Zealand Inst. 59: 698 (1928)
Dracophyllum patens W.R.B.Oliv.
Venter, S. 2021: A taxonomic revision of the Australasian genera Dracophyllum and Richea (Richeeae: Styphelioideae: Ericaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 34: 1–205.

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New Zealand
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W.R.B.Oliv.
W.R.B.Oliv.
Oliver, W.R.B. 1928: The New Zealand species of Metrosideros with a note on Metrosideros collina (Forst.) Gray. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 59: 419–423.
1928
698
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Dracophyllum patens W.R.B.Oliv.
species
Dracophyllum patens
Named for the leaves that spread nearly 90 degrees with the stem axis.
Type: New Zealand. Great Barrier Island, summit of Mount Hobson, 8 Dec. 1916. W.R.B. Oliver s.n. (holo: WELT 33296!).

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Ericales
Ericaceae
Dracophyllum
patens

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Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Government Printer, Wellington.

Dracophyllum patens W.R.B.Oliv.

Small robust shrub; lvs ascending, becoming patent. Sheath 8-10 × 3-4 mm. with scarious margins, narrowed to thick subulate lamina (35)-40 × 6-6·5 mm., acute, very minutely serrulate. Racemes (2)-5-6-fld, terminal on lateral branchlets bearing a tuft of lvs just below infl. Lowest bracts lflike; sheath 3-4 mm. long, ciliate on shoulder, lamina ± 15 mm. long, ciliolate, ± pubescent near sheath. Sepals broad, acute, sparingly ciliolate. Corolla-tube c. 4 mm. long, subcampanulate; style stout, c. 2 mm. long; capsule ± 2 mm. diam.
Dawson, M.I. 2008: Index of chromosome numbers of indigenous New Zealand vascular plants.

Dracophyllum patens W.R.B.Oliv.

2n = 26
n = 13 bivalents

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Dracophyllum patens W.R.B.Oliv.
Dracophyllum patens W.R.B.Oliv.
Allan, H.H. (1961)
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Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Dracophyllum Labill.
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de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A. et al. (2004)
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de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A. et al. (2009)
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de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2013)
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de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2018)
Dracophyllum patens W.R.B.Oliv.
Dracophyllum patens W.R.B.Oliv.
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Venter, S. (2021)
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Dracophyllum patens W.R.B.Oliv.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
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Dracophyllum patens W.R.B.Oliv.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
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typification
Type: New Zealand. Great Barrier Island, summit of Mount Hobson, 8 Dec. 1916. W.R.B. Oliver s.n. (holo: WELT 33296!).
Etymology
Named for the leaves that spread nearly 90 degrees with the stem axis.

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scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
15 February 2021
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